Thursday, June 11, 2020
Brian Arbour: Trump reelection threatened by low approval ratings, coronavirus pandemic and racial strife
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-election-biden-brian-arbour
Voters seem to have made up their minds about President Trump early,
and are fixed in their opinions about him. The fact that his numbers
have moved so little across his presidency shows that voters know what
they think about the president.
If you want President Trump to win
reelection this November, these numbers are bad news. When presidents
run for reelection, the campaign is often seen as a referendum on their
leadership.
For each of these measures above, a majority of
Americans have a negative opinion of President Trump. In all, 54 percent
disapprove of the job he is doing as president, 55 percent have an
unfavorable impression of him, and 52 percent say they will vote for
another candidate.
Of course, there is still plenty of time for Trump and his supporters
to make their case to the nation about why he should be reelected.
Trump won in 2016 by driving down public approval of his opponent
through caustic attacks on her character and integrity; he’s likely to
do the same in the next few months.
Draing the swamp! Donald Trump Jr's rare sheep hunt 'cost US taxpayers $75,000'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52999375
Researchers say the Trump family take 12 times as many trips as the Obamas.
The Crew report
accuses the Trump family of draining the Secret Services' finances with
their average of 1,000 more trips per year, many for leisure, than the
previous first family.
"This trip is just one example of the
expenses the Trump family is incurring with American taxpayers, and if
just one of Don Jr's trophy hunting trips cost more than $75,000, it's
staggering to think how high the total bill must be," the report's
authors conclude.
The remarkable collapse of Donald Trump's polling numbers
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/donald-trump-gallup-approval/index.html
One of the defining traits of President Donald Trump's time in office has been the consistency of his poll numbers.
No
matter what he said, did or tweeted, his numbers stayed steady.
Somewhere between 40-45% approved of the job he was doing while 50-55%
disapproved.
Which is why what Gallup reported in its latest tracking poll, released on Wednesday morning, is so striking.
Trump's job approval in the new Gallup data is at 39%, which is bad but not the big story. That big story is the fact that Trump's new numbers represent a double-digit tumble from a Gallup poll just two weeks ago in which his approval stood at 49%.
That's a stunning dip. And it's across
the board. He's down 7 points in approval among Republicans and
independents and 9 points among Democrats. And it all seems tied to the
way in which Trump reacted to the death of George Floyd while in police
custody and the protests that have broken out nationwide in its
aftermath.
Capitol Hill Republicans watch Trump's eroding standing with unease amid worries about November
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/10/politics/republicans-trump-nervous/index.html
GOP senators are anxiously watching President Donald Trump's eroding political standing amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic -- coupled with his erratic response to the unrest stemming from the death of George Floyd -- and are uneasy that the political fallout could end with a disastrous Election Day up-and-down the ticket.
Republicans mostly believe there is still enough time to right the ship during this volatile year, particularly if the positive jobs report from Friday is an early indication of an economic rebound.
But they are fully aware that poll after poll has shown Trump losing ground to former Vice President Joe Biden and multiple surveys show Democrats ahead by a sizable margin in the so-called generic ballot over which party should control Congress.
Republicans are keenly aware that the President's consistent controversies at a time of national crises -- whether it was the police confrontation with protestors outside the White House last week or his baseless tweet about an injured elderly protestor in Buffalo on Tuesday -- has continually put them on the defensive during a high-stakes election year.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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